Angel

Angel
Originally uploaded by casamelo

*ICE* is hand carved by artisans who travel from Harbin, China. The scene, including the igloo was created from approximately 310 blocks of ICE! Each block weights approximately 400 pounds.
Temperatures outside may average a balmy 70 degrees, but inside the 18,000-square-foot "Florida Fridge," as the huge structure housing ICE! is dubbed, it's kept at a chilly nine degrees.
Almost 80 percent of the sculptures are made up of glass-like crystal ice, so flawless that it is compared to Waterford Crystal. Other sculptures feature white ice, which is more like compacted snow; and colored ice, dyed with brilliant colors. Adding to the colorful displays are more than 1,400 florescent lights frozen within the ice sculptures.

Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida


Blogged from ANGELS :)
A Christmas 2007 theme :)